Kaepernick had handle on his future

In the letter at right that he wrote to himself as a fourth-grader, the 49ers‘ quarterback – then-5-foot-2 – predicted his future height of 6-foot-4 and even predicted he might play with the 49ers.

He showed a bit less clairvoyance on his predicted weight: 230 pounds is a bit more appropriate for an NFLer than 140.

The road to his burgeoning stardom also probably wasn’t quite what he would have predicted. After throwing 94-mph fastballs as a senior at Turlock’s Pitman High, Kaepernick didn’t receive a football scholarship until the University of Nevada made an offer at the last minute.

Had Nevada not given him that opportunity, Kaepernick said, he would have turned reluctantly to baseball. He might be pitching for the Chicago Cubs, who took him in the 43rd round of the 2009 draft.